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word perfect
by donald vitkus 07 Nov '19

07 Nov '19

can not install word perfect 8.0 on united linux any ideas

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For Sale: Alpha PWS 600AU
by Phillip G Deneault 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

600mhz Alpha with 384megs of ram. On board sound and LAN. This is a REAL AU model, with the qlogic SCSI card and the powerstorm video card(in case you wanted to run OpenVMS). I would recommend using a different video card or using the serial console for anything BSD or Linux. I believe it has a 9 gig SCSI disk in it, but I've suplemented it with a 50gig IDE drive on the IDE chain. I've also replaced the IDE CD-ROM with an 68-pin SCSI CD-ROM(yes, thats right, 68-pin). I also have all the original docs with it. I was running FreeBSD 5.3 on it until a week ago when I upgraded the machine. Nice little hobby system. $200 bucks or best offer. If anyone has any questions, or wishes to haggle, please reply to me(and not the list, they hate that). Thanks, Phil

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Printing Photos - cropping in gimp 2.0
by John Stoffel 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

Hi All, Thanks for the input I recieved here, I've bought an Epson R300 color printer for making photos. Once I figured out that the debian package for libcupsys has the permissions borked for the files in /usr/lib/cups/backend so that they aren't executable, all is well. I've been happily browsing images in 'gqview', then loading them into gimp 2.0, then printing them. But I'm having issues with scaling images. I have to guess how/where to crop the images so that I can get the maximum amount of the picture onto the paper. It's a real pain, with lots of back and forth. Is there a tool out there, or a gimp plugin, which allows me to take a picture, select a paper size and gives me a template to crop/scale the image to fit that paper size nicely? Any hints on what tools/packages I should be looking at for this type of work? For example, I've got a picture of my nephew and son which I wanted to print out. I also wanted to zoom in a bit (or crop the image down to get closer to them) so that when it printed, I maximized the use of the 4x6 stock. A real pain in gimp 2.0, but since I'm just using the standard Debian install, maybe there is a plugin to help with this? Thanks, John

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SuSE dual frustration....
by Adam Keck 05 Sep '05

05 Sep '05

Hello All, I am trying to install SuSE 9.3 on a dual dual-core Opteron system. I can boot into the installation kernel and do an installation, but when the system reboots it boots to a black screen with a ~2 inch horizontal green line in the upper left-hand corner. I am not sure where to start troubleshooting this, since I do not have much error output. The things I know so far: o Knoppix 3.9 boots fine and runs off CD. o SuSE 9.2's installation kernel boots to the same state. o My install of 9.3 was a basic "click next" install. o http://www.beowulf.org/archive/2005-July/013234.html indicates there may be some issue with the initrd, but does not say what the guy did. My impression is that I am not even getting that far, though. Any help/hints/direction would be much appreciated. Thanks very much! -Adam

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[Fwd: Linux Jobs @ Google...]
by Andy Stewart 05 Aug '05

05 Aug '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Forwarded at the request of Jeff Polo - please respond directly to him if you have interest in any of these job opportunities. Later, Andy - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Linux Jobs @ Google... Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:00:41 -0700 From: Jeff Polo <jpolo(a)google.com> To: <wlug-owner(a)mail.wlug.org> CC: <fs(a)wpi.edu>, <andystewart(a)comcast.net> Hello, My name is Jeff Polo, and I'm a recruiter with Google. We're currently searching for Linux systems experts with strong scripting/coding skills and some networking experience for a number of great opportunities within our Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team. Our SRE's are involved in all aspects of running Google's services, from design to debug, and from architecture to applications. Google is looking for the best in engineering talent, and I'm sure a number of your members have the skills that match up with some of our openings. I was wondering if it would be possible for you to post a couple of jobs to your WLUG site, an appropriate mailing list, or otherwise let your members know about these great opportunities at Google. If so, I've pasted a couple of representative job descriptions below. If there is a way/forum for me to do this myself, please let me know. If it's not possible, I completely understand, and realize that some technical forums choose not to advertise job opportunities. If you're able to distribute this information to your members, be assured that these are real and excellent opportunities, and that I will respond to all that apply to my email address. We have openings in Kirkland, WA, as well as in our other development offices in Mountain View, CA; New York, NY; Dublin, Ireland; and Zurich, Switzerland Please feel free to call or email with any questions, and thanks in advance for your consideration and time. Jeff Polo Google Staffing Office: 650-623-4767 jpolo(a)google.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Senior Systems Administrator/Architect, Google.com (SRE) Positions available in Mountain View, CA; New York, NY; Kirkland, WA; Zurich, Switzerland; and in our European Operations HQ in Dublin, Ireland. Are you a detail-oriented systems professional, seasoned Unix jockey, Internet services architect, database whiz, performance analyst, or software engineer, at the top of your game? Looking for the next cool problem to solve, in a fast-paced and engineering-driven environment? Can you write a script or application that performs practically the entire job you once held earlier in your career? Does your idea of a good time involve taking things apart just to see how they work? Are you successful putting them back together when you're done? Can you help achieve increased Availability, Reliability, Uptime, and Quality? (for our systems and services, naturally) If you answered "Yes" to more than three of the above questions, you may have what it takes. Keep reading. Google.com Engineers are involved in all aspects of running our site. From design to debug, from architecture to applications, Google.com engineers spend their time troubleshooting problems in large-scale clustered application service environments, and focus on making continual improvements to our services. Working for Google.com, you will wear many hats: performance analyst, service architect, system/database administrator, capacity planner, tools developer, monitoring expert, and technical evangelist, for all components of Google.com's services. This position requires a passion for problem solving, deep understanding of networks, operating systems, multi-tiered Internet services, and the ability to learn new applications and concepts quickly. Strong scripting skills are essential. Requirements: 3+ years experience in Unix or Linux Systems Administrator. Experience in a high-volume or critical production service environment. Strong understanding of networking; understanding of how to isolate, diagnose, and resolve service delivery components (service delivery components include servers, networks, and applications); be familiar with the functionality, operating, and failure modes of key networking devices (routers, switches, bridges, firewalls, hardware load balancers); be able to identify networking as the potential cause of a service issue using server-resident tools to generate this data (tcpdump, ping, traceroute, etc.); familiarity in interpreting the output of these tools; familiarity with common network topologies, protocols, and tools; have some notion of common network security exploits -- and their remedies; understanding of troubleshooting at the packet level. Skilled in leading projects, especially in deploying live end-user systems. Proven technical troubleshooting experience. Database administration experience a plus. Programming or debugging of web applications running under Java VM. In-depth knowledge of Linux, networking, and shell scripting. Knowledge of Python programming a plus. Experience with MySQL a plus. Programming and troubleshooting skills in C/C++ and/or Java a plus. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to handle periodic on-call duty as well as out-of-band requests. BA/BS in Computer Science or a related technical discipline. For immediate consideration, please send a text (ASCII) or HTML version of your resume to jpolo(a)google.com. Important: The subject field of your email must include Senior Systems Administrator/Architect, Google.com (SRE) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Senior Software Engineer/Unix System & Network Administrator, Google.com (SRE) Positions available in Mountain View, CA; New York, NY; Kirkland, WA; Zurich, Switzerland; and in our European Operations HQ in Dublin, Ireland. Are you part ace coder, part adrenalin junkie? Do you have a knack for seeing a problem and immediately discerning the likely solution? Maybe you've been coding for years, are bored with the old design-build-review-test-ship-repeat routine, and yearn for some faster-paced challenges? Or perhaps you're a seasoned software engineer who is also a genius at jockeying networks and administering UNIX clusters. We're looking for top-notch thrill seeking, software engineers to join the Google.com team. Google.com engineers are in the thick of everything involved with keeping Google running, from code-level troubleshooting of traffic anomalies to maintenance of our most cutting edge services; from monitoring and alerts to building new automation infrastructure. We are aggressively building this elite team of high level engineers in this mission critical environment. All team members must have strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, fluency in coding, good communication skills, and most of all enthusiasm for tackling the complex problems of scale which are uniquely Google. Google.com engineers tackle challenging, novel situations every day, and work with just about every other engineering and operations team in the process. Qualifications: Strong programming/scripting skills in any of the following: C, C++, Java, Perl, Python. Senior Level experience with Unix system administration. Strong understanding of networking; understanding of how to isolate, diagnose, and resolve service delivery components (service delivery components include servers, networks, and applications); be familiar with the functionality, operating, and failure modes of key networking devices (routers, switches, bridges, firewalls, hardware load balancers); be able to identify networking as the potential cause of a service issue using server-resident tools to generate this data (tcpdump, ping, traceroute, etc.); familiarity in interpreting the output of these tools; familiarity with common network topologies, protocols, and tools; have some notion of common network security exploits -- and their remedies; understanding of troubleshooting at the packet level. Strong project management skills, especially in deploying live end-user systems. In-depth knowledge of Unix (preferably Linux), and shell scripting. Proven technical troubleshooting experience. Excellent analytic ability, strong communication skills, and a strong sense of urgency. Ability to handle periodic on-call duty as well as out-of-band requests. 6-15+ years experience for Senior SWE position, or 3-8 years experience for SWE position. BA/BS in CS, or equivalent experience. For immediate consideration, please send a text (ASCII) or HTML version of your resume jpolo(a)google.com. Important: The subject field of your email must include Senior Software Engineer/Unix System & Network Administrator, Google.com (SRE) - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFC3uPWHl0iXDssISsRApoZAKCFM90GjptxEWkJ+HcTGgdBz155ywCfd+Av Twtek2hmubn1uSWXZxewmUs= =tlcM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Portable MP3 (and ogg) players and Linux
by Andy Stewart 03 Aug '05

03 Aug '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI gang, I'm starting to investigate the purchase of a new toy - a portable music player. My preferences would be: - - flash, not hard drive, based - - standard batteries (AA,AAA, etc) - - works reasonably well with Linux - - plays ogg (nice but not necessary - aren't the files smaller than mp3) - - plays mp3 I currently have a perfectly functional RioVolt 250 and my only complaint is that it is quite bulky relative to what is available today. I was considering some of the offerings by iRiver, as there seems to be some support by the Linux community. Does anybody own an iRiver flash based player, and what is your experience with it? Does anybody have other recommendations in this area? Maybe we should make this the topic of a meeting??? Thanks, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFC6s8qHl0iXDssISsRAm6QAJ92gZGJWjLnEHGHJejWuZiAhTZh0QCfcQpz 3EJaVxol5W6btG6a+4sRk8Y= =NZnt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Doug Aker is out of the office, and will return from vacation Monday, August 8
by douglas.r.aker＠verizon.com 27 Jul '05

27 Jul '05

I will be out of the office starting 07/27/2005 and will not return until 08/08/2005. I will respond to your message when I return. Or, if you need an immediate response, contact Cathy Fragala at Cathleen.E.Fragala(a)Verizon.com

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Server configuration
by Michael Long 27 Jul '05

27 Jul '05

Hi, I am building web/database server and am looking for some installation advice. The system will have an IDE boot drive for the OS and a raid for the data files. Is there an advantage to partitioning the raid drive so that the web content is on one partition and the database files are on another or am I better off keeping it as a single partition. System Specs: Dual Opteron 248 2.2 GHz LSI Logic MegaRAID SCSI 320-1 Controller Seagate Cheetah 10K.7 - 73 GB - Ultra320 SCSI Seagate 80 GB IDE drive Suse 9.3 Thanks in advance, Mike

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getting a little burnt by the Sun
by Mike Leo 27 Jul '05

27 Jul '05

Hi again... I screwed up my XF86Config file and now X "starts" but the keyboard mouse is all screwed up. Since xf86config does not list Sun, what do I put for the keyboard/mouse type? This is a Sun Ultra30 running Aurora linux (for now). thanks mike ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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vpn client
by Jill Benware 26 Jul '05

26 Jul '05

Alright, on my quest to retrieve files I left on a server back in Baltimore I have decided to download VPN client for Linux and try that. I have not succeeded. When installing I get "failed to make module cisco_ipsec.ko"...I haven't had loads of time to play but if anyone knows how I can get connected please let me know. Thank you. Jill

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WLUG July 2005